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50 economics classics, your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance, and the global economy, Tom Butler-Bowdon

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50 economics classics, your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance, and the global economy, Tom Butler-Bowdon

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eng

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non fiction

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50 economics classics

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953806348

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Tom Butler-Bowdon

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your shortcut to the most important ideas on capitalism, finance, and the global economy

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Economics drives the modern world and shapes our lives, but few of us feel we have time to engage with the breadth of ideas in the subject. 50 Economics Classics is the smart person's guide to two centuries of discussion of finance, capitalism and the global economy. From Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations to Thomas Piketty's bestseller Capital in the Twenty-First Century, here are the great reads, seminal ideas and famous texts clarified and illuminated for all

Table Of Contents

Liaquat Amamed-Lords of Finance (2009) -- William J. Baumol-The microtheory of innovative entrepreneurship (2010) -- Gary Becker-Human capital (1964) -- John C. Bogle-The little book of common sense investing (2007) -- Eric Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee-The second machine age (2014) -- Ha-Joon Chang-23 things they don't tell you about capitalism (2011) -- Ronald Coase-The firm, the market, and the law (1988) -- Diane Coyle-GDP: a brief but affectionate history (2014) -- Peter Drucker-Innovation and entrepreneurship (1985) -- Niall Ferguson-The ascent of money (2008) -- Milton Friedman-Capitalism and freedom (1962) -- J.K. Galbraith-The great crash 1929 (1955) -- Henry George-Progress and poverty (1879) -- Robert J. Gordon-The rise and fall of american growth (2016) -- Benjamin Graham-The intelligent investor (1949) -- Friedrich Hayek-The use of knowledge in society (1945) -- Albert O. Hirschman-Exit, voice, and loyalty (1970) -- Jane Jacobs-The economy of cities (1968) -- John Maynard Keynes-The general theory of employment, interest, and money (1936) -- Naomi Klein-The shock doctrine (2007) -- Paul Krugman-The conscience of a liberal (2007) -- Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner-Freakonomics (2005) -- Michael Lewis-The big short (2010) -- Deirdre McCloskey-Bourgeois equality (2016) -- Thomas Malthus-An essay on the principle of population (1798) -- Alfred Marshall-Principles of economics (1890) -- Karl Marx-Capital (1867) -- Hyman Minsky-Stablizing an unstable economy (1986) -- Ludwig von Mises-Human action (1949) -- Dambisa Moyo-Dead aid (2010) -- Elinor Ostrom-Governing the commons (1990) -- Thomas Piketty-Capital in the twenty-first century (2014) -- Karl Polany-The great transformation (1944) -- Michael E. Porter-The competitive advantage of nations (1990) -- Ayn Rand-Capitalism: the unknown ideal (1966) -- David Ricardo-Principles of political economy and taxation (1817) -- Dani Rodrik-The globalization paradox (2011) -- Paul Samuelson & William Nordhaus-Economics (1948) -- E.F. Schumacher-Small is beautiful (1973) -- Joseph Schumpeter-Capitalism, socialism, and democracy (1942) -- Thomas C. Schelling-Micromotives and macrobehavior (1978) -- Amartya Sen-Poverty and famines (1981) -- Robert J. Shiller-Irrational exuberance (2000) -- Julian Simon-The ultimate resource 2 (1996) -- Adam Smith-The wealth of nations (1776) -- Hernando de Soto-They mystery of capital (2000) -- Joseph Stiglitz-The euro (2016) -- Richard Thaler-Misbehaving: the making of behavioral econmics (2015) -- Thorstein Veblen-The theory of the leisure class (1899) -- Max Weber-The protestant ethic and the spirit of capialism (1904)

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